The X-Files reboot is slowly moving ahead with Sinners director Ryan Coogler the mastermind behind the new series. We also know that it will feature two new leads, played by Till's Danielle Deadwyler and The Odyssey's Himesh Patel.

However, there has been a question mark over just how connected it will be to the original series, which starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Now it seems like Chris Carter, who created the show, has let slip a key connection.

“At least Gillian, I think, is going to appear in the Coogler version," he told Polygon. "And I'm assuming David will too, so you will see Mulder and Scully there." Intriguing…

Carter would be in the know too as he's an executive producer on the new version. However, it's not entirely a surprise that Anderson has some involvement as she previously revealed that she's read the pilot script.

"We've had a few conversations," she said of Coogler at Washington DC's Awesome Con back in March. "He's such a cool guy and so talented, and the pilot script is really good. So, I would say, 'Have an open mind and give it a chance because it's gonna be f***ing cool.' It really is. It's something different. It's different and it's special."

To tide you over in the meantime, a new version of The X-Files: I Want to Believe has just arrived on Disney Plus and Hulu. This features Carter's directors' cut, which brings in some of the horror elements that were removed from the original 2008 movie.

For what else to stream, check out our guide to the best movies on Disney Plus and all the new TV shows you need on your radar.

Ewan McGregor is waiting for Disney's call to bring him back as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Speaking ahead of the release of his new movie The End of Oak Street (which is getting rave reviews), the actor says there is plenty more to explore with his Star Wars character.

"I’m ready whenever they are," he told E! News. "They just seem to not be ready, but I'm up for it." He went on to share a few ideas about where we last saw Obi-Wan in the Star Wars universe at the end of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series back in 2022.

"At the end of the Obi-Wan series, I’m walking off into the desert and I’ve decided to leave. I’ve realized I can’t keep the pressure on Luke," he explains. "I realized he has to have his own childhood, so I leave him with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. And I wander off… and Qui-Gon's back. And we go off… but where are we going? What happens between those two moments is what I want to do and spend the rest of my career doing these stories."

The actor ended with a plea for Disney, which echoes his previous calls for the return of the character. "We’ve got plenty of time; I’ve got 10 years before I am Alec Guinesses’ age. So come on, Disney!"

The Star Wars universe on screen is looking a bit sparse over the next few years. Despite a lot of announcements, the only projects that appear to be in active development are Star Wars: Starfighter, which is a standalone movie starring Ryan Gosling, and Ahsoka season 2, which has finished filming.

D23 is around the corner, so more Star Wars stories could be announced there, especially after the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu earlier this year. However, it seems like there will be no Kenobi announcement yet.

For more on the galaxy far, far away, check out our guide to the Star Wars timeline and our round-up of all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

If you've been counting down the days till Pluribus season 2 after that cliffhanger Pluribus season 1 ending, you'd be wise to keep expectations in check, as the latest update from Apple TV boss Eddy Cue suggests Carol and co. won't be back on screens for some time yet.

Speaking to ScreenRant on the Ted Lasso season 4 red carpet, Apple TV head Eddy Cue was asked for an update on Pluribus season 2's scripts and offered a brief but illuminating response. "I haven't seen them. I know they're being worked on. [Vince Gilligan's] amazing. So I'm not worried. I know it will be amazing."

Not to contradict Mr Cue, but this is a little worrying. Pluribus season 1 debuted 9 months ago to rave reviews (among them, GamesRadar+'s Pluribus season 1 review) that labelled it among the best shows of the year. Filming wrapped a year before that, even, in September 2024. Over two years with no completed scripts to show for it does not bode well for season 2 arriving anytime soon. Two-year gaps between seasons has become the norm in the streaming era, but don't be surprised if Pluribus season 2 takes upwards of 3 years to hit screens, meaning a late 2028 release.

Of course, this is all supposition. And it's possible there's a season of completed scripts sitting in Eddy Cue's inbox that he hasn't gotten around to reading yet (I dread to think how many unread emails that man has, as the person who oversees all of Apple's content services). But creator Vince Gilligan has suggested repeatedly that Pluribus season 2 will take time. Earlier this year, Gilligan clarified that "It ain't gonna be The Pitt," with new seasons releasing like clockwork every year, though he was "deeper into the process" of season 2 at that stage than he predicted. That's a small silver lining, at least…

Hopefully the cast aren't still being kept in the dark. When we caught up with Zosia actor Karolina Wyrda following the season 1 finale, Wyrda said that she knew nothing about season 2, and liked it that way, claiming "Vince Gilligan keeps everything to himself." Even lead Rhea Seehorn doesn't know what the, ahem, fallout of Carol's explosive decision to have a nuke delivered to her front door will mean for season 2. "I honestly don't know… Even if Vince [Gilligan] was saying we don't know where we're going with it, usually as an actor I would make an intentional decision about what I think Carol's plan is. I honestly think Carol is not sure. I didn't do it out of laziness."

Pluribus season 2 is currently updated. In the meantime, check out all the new TV shows heading our way in the near future, and fill out your watchlist with our guide to the best Apple TV shows.

Fallout season 3 is currently filming, and candid snaps from the set may have revealed that a lesser-known subdivision of the Brotherhood of Steel is being introduced next season.

As spotted by eagle-eyed fans over on the Fallout subreddit, Fallout season 3 is currently filming on location at the Natural History Museum in LA; the familiar(ish) Brotherhood of Steel banners hanging around the stacks are something of a giveaway. However, look closely, and you might notice something a little different about those banners – a quill writing in a book. Check it out below.

This is a pretty clear hint that the Order of the Quill, a subdivision of the Brotherhood of Steel, is being introduced in Fallout season 3. Though it's never been a major part of the games, the Brotherhood of Steel is split into three subdivisions: the Order of the Sword (responsible for weapons development), the Order of the Shield (responsible for defensive research), and the Order of the Quill. The latter handles book/holotape retrieval and archival, and records the Brotherhood's history for posterity.

As we know from the Fallout season 2 post-credits scene, the Brotherhood has gotten its hands on the blueprints for Liberty Prime Alpha, a giant robotic suit of power armor that has recurred in the games, appearing in Fallout 3's Broken Steel DLC and in Fallout 4. In both games, Liberty Prime is eventually destroyed (along with a chapter of the Brotherhood, depending on the Sole Survivor's choices). Given the TV show is set some 9 years after Fallout 4 in 2296, the Order of the Quill may prove key to unearthing knowledge necessary to rebuild Liberty Alpha Prime.

"Makes me wonder if they're showing off a different Brotherhood chapter," theorizes one fan. "Max's chapter absolutely has a nerd division, but I would think they'd be heavily pushed to the side at this point in time to divert resources to Quintus's war aspirations."

"Honestly, it would be interesting if we see a BoS chapter focused on knowledge rather than warfare and technology," adds another fan. "Especially since season 2 showed most BoS chapters have devolved into pretty much raiders."

Fallout season 3 details are still few and far between, though Bethesda bigwig Todd Howard has said that the next season will include "new things" that have "never [been] seen before in the games." We also know that season 3 will be heading to a new location for Fallout, Colorado, where Cooper Howard's family is seemingly being held.

Ewan McGregor has revealed the "unfinished" part of Obi-Wan's story that could bridge the gap between Disney Plus miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi and A New Hope.

When responding to a quickfire question from The End of Oak Street co-star Anne Hathaway with Esquire about what he considers 'unfinished' in Obi-Wan's timeline, McGregor pointed to the decade pre-A New Hope that has largely been left untouched by wider Star Wars media.

"Everything that we did between the end of the TV series that we did and Alec Guinness [in A New Hope]. There's 10 years of something happening to Obi-Wan," McGregor said. "At the end of the series, I leave Luke on Tatooine, Princess Leia is safe, and I go off into the desert on my camel – a eopie, I think they're called."

McGregor returned to the role in 2022's Obi-Wan Kenobi, which also reunited him with Anakin actor Hayden Christensen. Despite that, there's probably plenty of narrative juice left to squeeze out of one of the few characters unexplored during the rise of the Empire.

Even if nothing comes to fruition on the screen with McGregor, Star Wars comics have filled in the blanks somewhat with Obi-Wan's time in exile.

Marvel's 2015 Star Wars series included a series of journal entries from an elderly Obi-Wan, charting his time on Tatooine watching over Luke Skywalker.

There's also 2022's Obi-Wan comic miniseries, a five-issue run that sees the Jedi recount stories from his past while in a hut on the desert planet.

Elsewhere in a galaxy far, far away, Ahsoka season 2 is just over the horizon – presumably in 2027.

Star Wars: Starfighter, directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Gosling, is set for release on May 28, 2027. The pair will team up again for Marvel's Ghost Rider movie, which was announced at last month's SDCC panel.

For more, check out the full Star Wars timeline and our guide on upcoming Star Wars movies.

Warhammer 40K fans are eating well this week. Hot on the heels of the news that a new Deathwatch animated series is in the works, Henry Cavill has confirmed that he's still set to star in the live-action Warhammer 40K series on Prime Video.

In a state-of-the-nation post on Instagram, Cavill confirmed recent reports that Mike Flanagan has been brought on to write the Warhammer 40K live-action series, with the former Man of Steel and Warhammer mega-fan noting that they have already made "considerable advances in the story" since Flanagan's involvement.

On the recently announced Deathwatch animated show, Cavill revealed that he and producer Natalie Viscuso are "working closely" with series lead Dave Wilson to ensure "things line up with the overall universe plan." A hint, perhaps, that both shows will be more closely connected than you might expect.

And most important of all, despite initial reports that Cavill would star in a Warhammer series breaking way back in December 2022, the star (re)confirmed that he will indeed lead the live-action Warhammer show. "Rest assured, I most certainly will!" Cavill said, stopping short of offering even a morsel of further information. "Who that character is, however, shall remain a secret for now!"

Cavill's post arrives in the wake of an annual report from Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree, in which the minifig bigwig dropped a motherlode of Warhammer news, apparently ahead of schedule, including the involvement of Flanagan in the live-action show and the existence of the Deathwatch animated series. "Some news got ahead of us last week, but we wanted to wait a quick beat for the dust to settle, some deals to finalise and, if nothing else now [to] confirm some rumours!" Cavill said.

Beyond the Warhammer 40K setting, little is known about the live-action show. But Cavill is a lifelong fan, and is evidently taking all the time needed to get it right: "I have loved Warhammer since I was a boy, making this moment truly special for me," Cavill said back in 2022. "The opportunity to shepherd this cinematic universe from its inception is quite the honor and the responsibility."

While we wait for Warhammer to hit the screens, check out our guides to upcoming video game movies and our selection of the best Amazon Prime Video shows to stream now.

A Warhammer 40,000 animated show is in the works at Prime Video, with nerd king Henry Cavill on board to produce. The animated show will exist alongside the long-gestating live-action series, which Cavill is set to star in.

The new animated show will be spun off from the Warhammer 40,000 episode of Amazon's 2024 video game-themed anthology show Secret Level, per Variety, which had its own standalone Warhammer installment. That episode's director, Dave Wilson, co-created the Warhammer 40,000 animated series alongside Band of Brothers' John Orloff. Cavill will executive produce with Tim Miller, who, as well as directing Deadpool and the ill-fated Terminator: Dark Fate, is the co-founder of visual effects/animation house Blur Studios.

It's unknown how close the links to the Secret Level episode, 'And They Will Know No Fear' will be, but the show is said to center on The Deathwatch – a decentralized group of specialist marines who hunt aliens. "Secret Level’ wasn’t conceived simply as an anthology. It was designed as a launchpad for larger stories," said Wilson in a statement. "This series gives us the opportunity to build on that foundation and tell a much larger story."

As for Prime Video's other Warhammer show, despite the involvement of super-fan Cavill, there's been little forward momentum over the years. However, only last week we learned a lot from Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree in the company's latest earnings report (sexy).

As well as first revealing the existence of this animated show, Rountree shared that master of horror Mike Flanagan has joined the live-action project as a writer. He also confirmed that there will be another Warhammer-themed episode in Secret Level season 2, this one set in the Age of Sigmar universe.

The existence of the Cavill-led Warhammer 40k show was first revealed way back in December 2022, but it took two years for Cavill to confirm his involvement. "My incredible team and I, alongside the brilliant minds at Games Workshop, have been working away in concept rooms, breaking down approaches to the enormity and magnificence of the Warhammer world." It could be years still until the show hits screens. Let's hope this new animated series is more than a stopgap while we wait.

For more, check out our guides to upcoming video game movies and our selection of the best Amazon Prime Video shows to stream now.

Ahsoka season 2 is coming next year, and it sounds like we can expect big things from the second installment of the Star Wars show when it arrives.

"A lot of action. Fights, battles, explosions, lightsabers, lasers," Eman Esfandi, who plays the Jedi Ezra Bridger in the show, told Screen Rant of what he's excited about. "I'm having a flashback. So a lot of action, and I think everybody's gonna love it. Dave [Filoni] went nuts, and all of us were ready to follow suit of our fearless leader, and it's gonna be a lot of fun."

In a separate interview with the Thank the Maker podcast, Esfandi shared even more. "You guys will not believe how big it gets," he teased. "Dave just took the training wheels [off], it's like he took them all off for all of us and himself in some way. But obviously not himself, he's a legend. But, if you saw Rebels early, and you see Rebels towards the end, you see that he takes off training wheels. Clone Wars at the end. You're gutted. It's an adult drama… That similar transition where Dave started with kid shows, and then transitioned them into adults, as the kids do, not only who watch the show, but also the kids of the show.

"Ahsoka was a kid. Ezra was a kid. And they just have to grow up way too young," he continued. "But you watch that. And a lot of us who grew up, y'all's era, my era, the new era, we all had to grow up too young. There's war and everything going on all the time, trauma going all the time. We're all growing up too young, it feels like sometimes. It's impressive to see and I think Dave just does that really well. I think season 1 is almost like, 'Hey, Rebels season 5, here's some new characters, some set-up, some action, a lot of love, a lot of like, wow, oh my god.' And then season two is like guns blazing."

Not much is known about Ahsoka season 2 just yet, but, thanks to Star Wars Celebration 2025, we do know that Hayden Christensen will return as Anakin Skywalker, Grand Admiral Thrawn and Admiral Ackbar will go head to head, there will be battles across two galaxies, and Rory McCann is officially taking over the role of Baylan Skoll from the late Ray Stevenson.

Ahsoka season 2 arrives in 2027. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else that's in the works.

With her starmaking days as Max in Netflix sci-fi series Stranger Things behind her, Sadie Sink is forging a new path as part of the MCU in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

There have been plenty of early whispers that she is playing a character with ties to the X-Men, including Rachel Summers and Jean Grey. It's the latter that has garnered most buzz, and has led to one Marvel fan spotting an astonishing connection between Max and Jean Grey.

As you can see below, the red track jacket that Max first wore in Stranger Things season 2 bears a striking, uncanny resemblance to the outfit worn by Jean Grey during her comic origin story, as depicted in 2008's X-Men Origins: Jean Grey.

Just a coincidence? Almost certainly. Still, the mystery of exactly who Sadie Sink is playing in the fourth MCU Spider-Man movie isn't dying down. That's only been further intensified by a spoiler snafu at the Brand New Day world premiere – one which may have ruined her character's identity (click through at your own risk).

No matter who Sink is playing, fans can rest easy knowing that they're in for, potentially, one of the best Spider-Man movies of all time. Early Brand New Day reactions describe it as a "mini Avengers film" with Sink herself being described as "perfect."

Spider-Man: Brand New Day, starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, and Jon Bernthal, swings into cinemas on July 29 in the UK and July 31 in the US.

For more, check out the movies and shows you need to watch before Spider-Man: Brand New Day, plus the other upcoming Marvel movies currently in the works. Then, thwip on over to our own Spider-Man: Brand New Day review.

Showrunner Silka Luisa says Amazon's Prime Video show Blade Runner 2099 is only getting one eight-episode season because the upcoming limited series tells "a complete story."

"It was always considered as a limited series," Luisa told Collider. "Part of making the transition from film to TV is a really big jump for something that’s as cinematic as Blade Runner, and so, in that sense, it was really important to us that we told a story that, in a way, is like a movie in the sense that there's a beginning, there's a middle, and there’s an end. So we went into it with Alcon, with all of our producing partners, knowing we really want to tell a complete story. Eight episodes... I mean, eight's my lucky number, that’s the number I would have picked, but it felt like the right amount for the story we were planning on telling."

The new series takes place 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, and it's a pretty bleak future. There's a replicant uprising, the war has happened, and the humans have lost. "The replicants are now the power brokers of the city. And humans are the second-class citizens," Luisa explained. The tagline is appropriately dystopian: "Welcome to a future you no longer control." Hunter Schafer stars as a human named Cora who encounters Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a replicant at the end of her life.

And if you're wondering how involved Ridley Scott is with the show... let's just say the answer is very. Luisa let slip during San Diego Comic-Con that she got to sit down with Scott one-on-one to work on the show, and that he "shepherded" her during the process. This is exciting, especially considering the fact that he's expressed regret in not directing Blade Runner 2049.

Blade Runner 2099 is set to hit Prime Video on November 25, 2026. In the meantime, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming TV shows to fill out your watchlist.

At San Diego Comic-Con, Apple TV has unveiled the first trailer for its adaptation of William Gibson's sci-fi novel Neuromancer, which stars Callum Turner and Briana Middleton.

In the trailer, which you can watch above, Turner plays a hacker named Case. The show looks like a trippy, tense, tech-focused ride, and the trailer is very slick and stylish. While it doesn't give much away, Apple promises the show "follows a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Turner) who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high-stakes crime with his partner Molly (Middleton), a razor-girl assassin, as they pull off a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets."

Gibson is a founder of the cyberpunk genre: Neuromancer was released in 1984, over 10 years before The Matrix arrived in 1999.

Along with Turner, the rest of the Neuromancer cast includes Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Joseph Lee, Clémence Poésy, Dane DeHaan, Max Irons, Emma Laird, Junia Rees, Jordan Kouamé, Marc Menchaca, André De Shields, and Isabella Pappas. Graham Roland and JD Dillard created the show, and Gibson is on board as an executive producer.

"Now, we've been building something special with Neuromancer, a world our dear William Gibson imagined in 1984," Turner said in a fittingly virtual appearance at SDCC. "He didn't just give us cyberspace, he helped define the entire cyberpunk genre. This is just your first access point. Stay sharp and enjoy the teaser, because you guys, you guys are the very first to see it."

The show arrives on Apple TV Plus on January 22, 2027. In the meantime, you can fill out your watchlist with our guide to all the best Apple TV Plus shows.

To keep up to date on all the action in San Diego, check out our SDCC 2026 schedule, our SDCC 2026 live-blog, and our SDCC 2026 predictions.

Blade Runner 2099 is almost here, and thanks to a bunch of recent news that just dropped during San Diego Comic-Con, excitement for the next outing in the sci-fi series is at an all-time high.

While Blade Runner started with Ridley Scott's 1982 movie, the upcoming show is a sequel to the second flick in the franchise, Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049. That movie came out all the way back in 2017, so yeah, it has been a good long bit of waiting for the follow-up for all of us Relpicant fans. Blade Runner 2099 was also announced all the way back in 2021, so seeing a bunch of recent updates arrive as part of the SDCC 2026 schedule was a welcome surprise, and I've gathered all the new details and information you need to know right here.

From the Blade Runner 2099 release date, plot details, casting news, and more, here is a complete breakdown on everything that you need to know about Amazon Prime's upcoming Blade Runner 2099 TV show.

Blade Runner 2099 release date speculation

Blade Runner 2099 will be released on Prime Video on November 25, 2026.

The news was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2026. During the panel, Amazon also mentioned Rings of Power season 3 (which also releases in November 2026), so it seems like the streamer was keen to highlight a big fall schedule.

Blade Runner 2099 plot

The official plot has been released for Blade Runner 2099, which is set 50 years after the previous movie. "Welcome to a future we no longer control," reads the tagline which teases how much the world has changed since that film. A war has taken place between the humans and the replicants, and the humans have lost.

Now the replicants are in charge and the humans are the second-class citizens. Hunter Schafer plays Cora, a human, opposite Michelle Yeoh's replicant Blade Runner named Olwen. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner confirmed that Cora and Olwen will be working together in the new show.

"Hunter is playing a human who is a fugitive and has spent her life running from Blade Runners," Silka Luisa said. "And now has to pretend to be one. In this struggle to survive and just trying to live day-to-day, she’s actually lost her humanity. So she’s a human who has lost her humanity. And the question for the series is: Once you’ve lost her humanity, can you regain it?"

Olwen and Cora will be working together and investigating the missing rogue replicants — and this being Blade Runner, don’t expect any of the answers they find to be simple or expected.

I'll keep you posted as soon as more news breaks, but for now you can check out our list of the best sci-fi movies to watch in the meantime.

Is there a Blade Runner 2099 trailer

The trailer for Blade Runner 2099 came our way during San Diego Comic-Con 2026, during the Prime Video panel. You can watch it for yourself above.

In the clip, we get our first look at futuristic LA as well as Schafer and Yeoh in action. So far, it looks stunning. It shows a grim post-war world where the humans are at the mercy of the replicants. I'm excited to see even more teasers in the future. Hopefully, we get more story details in the next trailer, but for now, the sci-fi vibe has been perfectly captured here.

Blade Runner 2099 cast

Currently, there have been quite a few Blade Runner 2099 casting announcements, the two biggest being Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer as the two leading roles. However, many character details and names are undisclosed right now. I'm still waiting to see if we get any familiar characters being recast or mentioned, so watch this space.

Here is the confirmed Blade Runner 2099 cast list so far:

• Michelle Yeoh as Olwen
• Hunter Schafer as Cora
• Dimitri Abold
• Lewis Gribben
• Katelyn Rose Downey
• Daniel Rigby
• Johnny Harris
• Amy Lennox
• Sheila Atim
• Matthew Needham
• Tom Burke
• Maurizio Lombardi
• Hugo Hamlet

Is Blade Runner 2099 connected to the Blade Runner movies?

Good news: Blade Runner 2099 is indeed connected to the two Blade Runner movies, taking place in the same universe and 50 years after the events of the 2017 movie, Blade Runner 2017.

This means that the Blade Runner 2049 ending is canon for the series, so I'd highly recommend giving that a rewatch before you dive in. I won't get into spoilers here, but that film does set up a lot of context around the state of humanity as well as how Replicants are treated. I'm sure that the series will give newcomers who haven't seen the films some kind of context, but for the full picture, watching the movies for yourself is likely going to be the best route.

Also, Ridley Scott is an executive producer on the series, so we can rest easy knowing that he'll likely make sure canon is followed.

Additionally, according to producer Andrew Kosove, the new series will have "connective tissue and character and storylines that relate to the first two movies," but you won't need to know them to enjoy it.

Speaking at SDCC, showrunner Silka Luisa also teased the difference between the previous movies and Blade Runner 2099. "2019 was dark and rainy. 2049 was snowy and cold," she said. "Our show is a rebirth. It's the rebirth of a city, it's a rebirth of all of our characters, and so to me that felt like it should be hot and sticky and chaotic, and that's where we got the idea for the 'sunshine noir,' and so you're you're seeing Blade Runner, Ridley's Blade Runner, but through the lens of hard sunlight and deep shadow where you still have neons, and hopefully that feels like it's both familiar but completely different."

While we wait for more Blade Runner news, you can head over to our list of the best shows on Amazon Prime to stream right now. Or, look ahead with our round-up of the best new TV shows on the way.

Blade Runner 2099 didn't just get a first trailer and a release date at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, the showrunner also gave us an interesting tease about where it stands in relation to the rest of the franchise.

"2019 was dark and rainy. 2049 was snowy and cold," showrunner Silka Luisa said at the panel, attended by GamesRadar+. "Our show is a rebirth. It's the rebirth of a city, it's a rebirth of all of our characters, and so to me that felt like it should be hot and sticky and chaotic, and that's where we got the idea for the 'sunshine noir,' and so you're you're seeing Blade Runner, Ridley's Blade Runner, but through the lens of hard sunlight and deep shadow where you still have neons, and hopefully that feels like it's both familiar but completely different."

The new Prime Video takes place 50 years after Blade Runner 2049 where a war has happened "and the humans have lost". The official synopsis reads, "Our worst fears imagined. The replicants are now the power brokers of the city. And humans are the second-class citizens."

Producer Andrew Kosove also promised that you can come in fresh to this series, without needing to have seen what's come before. "They will see connective tissue and character and storylines that relate to the first two movies," he added. "At the same time, this was designed in a way such that if you're not deeply ingrained in the first two pictures, you can pick this up very easily and connect to it. It's not. This is not meant to be inside baseball. This is indeed meant to bring in a whole new generation of fans."

Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Schafer, Tom Burke, and Dimitri Abold, who were all at the panel. The official synopsis reads, "And between 2049 and 2099, that's happened. So the war has happened and the humans have lost. Our worst fears imagined. The replicants are now the power brokers of the city. And humans are the second-class citizens."

Blade Runner 2099 comes out on November 25, 2026.

To make sure you don't miss anything else from SDCC, read our SDCC schedule 2026 and our San Diego Comic-Con 2026 live coverage.

The first teaser trailer and release date for Prime Video's upcoming Blade Runner 2099 TV show at San Diego Comic-Con 2026

In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, we meet Cora (Hunter Schafer), a human who is struggling to survive in a post-war future where the replicants have won. "How much longer until we have nothing... until we are nothing?" she asks in voiceover, as we see a montage of both chaos and violence (and there's a pretty surprising scene involving her head being smashed against a window that might make you a little queasy). She meets up with Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a replicant near the end of her life.... but we don't quite yet kow what her motives are.

The spin-off series is set 50 years after the events of Blade Runner 2049, and is slated for a November 25 release. The official synopsis reads, "The war has happened and the humans have lost. Our worst fears imagined. The replicants are now the power brokers of the city. And humans are the second-class citizens." The impossibly bleak tagline is: "Welcome to a future we no longer control."

"There was a moment of just letting go… I was like, 'OK, we’re really going out there with this,'" star Tom Burke has said of the show, adding that it will be "much closer to the aesthetic of the first movie than the second movie" as it contains "that somewhat kind of Baroque, eclectic mix of cultures and time periods."

Blade Runner 2099 comes out on November 25, 2026. In the meantime, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming TV shows to fill out your watchlist.

For more on Comic-Con, check out our SDCC 2026 schedule for a rundown on what's coming up.

At this rate, there are enough canned Star Wars projects to fill an entire star system. Thankfully, though, news from SDCC reveals one forgotten show will be coming back from the brink and has been described by its creator as "Simpsons in the Star Wars universe."

During the "Inside the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art" panel, it was announced that a formerly shelved show, Star Wars: Detours, will be viewable at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which will be opening in September (via Entertainment Weekly).

The show was originally conceived by Seth Green, who is no stranger to the Star Wars universe after voicing a variety of characters in shows like The Bad Batch and Star Wars Rebels. He's also no stranger to getting laughs out of the galaxy far, far away by way of Robot Chicken and the Family Guy specials that saw his character Chris take up the mantle of Luke Skywalker.

Star Wars: Detours sounds like it's tickling a similar funny bone, with the show's original premise looking at the mundane daily goings on in the universe of Jedis and Jawas. "We made a show with George, an animated series," Green confessed to the audience. "He wanted to make Simpsons in the Star Wars universe. It's called Detours, and there's… going to be a curation of episodes from that show on display for the public."

The series, which was originally announced back in 2012, was set between the events of Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. 26 episodes were done and dusted when it was originally revealed, and even featured guest appearances from Anthony Edwards, Ahmed Best, Billy Dee Williams, Lucas himself, along with a lot of the Robot Chicken alumni. Search for the right thing on YouTube, and you might even be able to find some of them (just don't ask us to help you).

The last time Green spoke about the show was back in March, when he recalled that Detours got put on the back burner when attention shifted to the new trilogy of movies that were on the horizon. He also didn't anticipate them getting revived for streaming.

"Detours itself would have to be edited, upgraded – they'd have to do new work on it to make it possible to put it on streaming," he told ComicBook. "I just don't think they're willing to commit the spend to update and release this when they can't see a clear benefit."

Thankfully, the show will now see the light in what is practically a treasure trove of Star Wars goodness, and Green couldn't speak highly enough of his lost little show getting some new time to shine. "It was the greatest," he said. "It was literally one of the greatest experiences I think I've ever had."

You'll be able to see just what we've been missing when the Lucas Museum opens in Los Angeles on September 22. As for any other Star Wars announcements, look on our SDCC 2026 live blog and our SDCC 2026 schedule.

The first look at Blade Runner 2099 is here, and showrunner Silk Luisa has finally given us some details about the plot, along with some pretty rad news about working one-on-one with franchise creator (and absolute legend) Ridley Scott.

"There's been a replicant uprising that feels like it's been bubbling up," Luisa told Entertainment Weekly. The spin-off show, which stars Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer, is set 50 years after the events of Blade Runner 2049. It was first announced in 2021, and finished filming in 2024. "And between 2049 and 2099, that's happened. So the war has happened and the humans have lost. Our worst fears imagined. The replicants are now the power brokers of the city. And humans are the second-class citizens."

The Blade Runner franchise began in 1982, with Scott's adaptation of the sci-fi novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The film underperformed at the box office, but would go on to become a cult classic.

Though Scott was also an executive producer on Blade Runner 2049, it seems he had more of a hands-on experience with the upcoming Prime Video show, which makes me even more excited. Especially since Scott previously expressed regret at not being able to direct Blade Runner 2049.

"It’s once in a lifetime to have your hero sit down with you and tell you what it was like making your favorite movie," Luisa said. "It was really important for Ridley to be a part of the development process. Because both visually and in terms of story, there are mythological canon points in his film that we're touching, and it was really important to both get his blessing and have his insight into what his original intentions were."

Blade Runner 2099 is coming in 2027. In the meantime, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming TV shows to fill out your watchlist.

Despite not being able to see our favorite duo on the big screen anymore, Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin and his little apprentice's beautiful father-son relationship lives on in a new Star Wars claymation.

The video, which was posted to Star Wars Kids on YouTube on July 15, shows little clay Mando and Grogu characters recreating some of the best moments travelling around the galaxy, including the duo taking a ride on the Razor Crest. Watch the clip below.

The claymation is, of course, inspired by The Mandalorian and Grogu, which recently finished its theatrical run. The movie debuted to mostly positive reviews, but only managed to earn just over $340 million worldwide. This is quite the dip, as the last Star Wars movie, The Rise of Skywalker, made over $1 billion at the box office in 2019. But with many Star Wars fans seemingly skipping The Mandalorian and Grogu in cinemas, they will soon be able to watch the new movie in the comfort of their own homes.

The newest Star Wars movie has finally locked down a digital release date and will be available to purchase on platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango from July 21. Fans will be able to add The Mandalorian and Grogu to their physical media collection from August 25, including the special SteelBook version.

But that's not the end of Mando and Grogu's story, as while we don't know if we will ever see The Mandalorian season 4, there is another adventure releasing soon. On July 14, Star Wars announced a new special episode, titled LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian, which will premiere on Disney Plus on September 2. As per StarWars.com, the animated special "celebrates your favorite stories and characters from all three seasons of The Mandalorian series," including when Mando met baby Grogu.

For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows, as well as our roundup of how to watch the Star Wars movies in order.

The Fallout TV show may have a fair few fans as one of Prime Video's most popular shows, but one game writer wishes the scripts were a little tighter. Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas writer and Obsidian co-founder Chris Avellone recently shared his take on the video game adaptation, admitting that he feels "embarrassed" by some of the dialogue.

"I kind of wish the game writing for TV shows like that where they're mimicking a game, would kind of elevate a bit," he told Insider Gaming. "[Cyberpunk] Edgerunners was really cool, no problems there but sometimes I just wish the script quality on the Fallout TV show was a little higher. I guess I feel embarrassed when I see some of the lines being done but it's a fun show."

Avellone, who has also worked on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, was pushed on why he thinks the script isn't quite there. "I don't mean to put all Hollywood writers in this category but I think some of them still struggle with, 'Okay, well I'm writing a game franchise and obviously those game writers didn't really know what they were doing because I'm a respected Hollywood writer and I know how these things are supposed to look,'" he added.

"So I think for some of them it's really easy to dismiss that work and go in their own direction which they think is more solid but the problem is when they do that they don't have any real sense of, they probably haven't played Fallout 3 or Fallout 4 or New Vegas, so a lot of the context has gone and so have opportunities."

The video game writer and designer does love the cast of the series though, saying seeing Walton Goggins as The Ghoul was "amazing" as "he added a lot of legitimacy to the show". Equally, he feels that Lucy star Ella Purnell "has the right features and cast and delivery for being a naive Vault dweller with a little bit of steel in there".

Filming recently kicked off on Fallout season 3. Goggins confirmed the news with a picture of him back in the make-up chair, and some fans have spotted the crew filming in Colorado. There's no confirmed release date yet, but we'll keep you updated on the show's return.

In the meantime, check out our guides to the best Prime Video shows and the best Prime Video movies to watch right now.

A behind-the-scenes clip of the saddest moment from Doctor Who has resurfaced online... and I'm not sure I'll ever be able to look at it the same.

It's been 20 years since the BBC aired the Doctor Who season 2 episode 13 episode 'Doomsday,' in which the Doctor (David Tennant) and his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) share a gutwrenching goodbye on a beach. That, and the scene that comes shortly after (where they're both trapped on other sides of a wall), has always been enough to make me cry just by thinking about it.

During the beach scene, the Doctor slowly fades away before he can tell Rose that he loves her back. But in a new behind-the-scenes clip from that same scene, Tennant stops mid-sentence, pauses, and then breaks into a cartoonish run away from Piper. You can check it out below.

Rose Tyler appeared again in season 4 as a recurring character, and she and the Doctor do briefly reunite. She returned again in the 50th anniversary episode in 2013, and then again in the most recent scene in a way that was even baffling to the Fifteenth Doctor himself, Ncuti Gatwa. In the last few moments of the finale, The Doctor regenerated into Piper, but the usual on-screen "introducing" text did not include "as the Doctor."

The fate of the show overall is more or less up in the air as Russell T Davies, who was the showrunner during the show's mid-2000s revival as well as the most recent season (which was confusingly rebranded as season 2 but is technically season 15), has left, and the previously announced Christmas special has been cancelled.

For more, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming TV shows to fill out your watchlist.

The first trailer for new Star Wars anime show The Ninth Jedi has arrived, and it teases an epic new series.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, young Kara goes on a colorful, action-packed, and dangerous adventure through the galaxy. She goes up against a mysterious masked foe... who, it's revealed by his blue lightsaber, might just be a former Jedi.

The limited series picks up after adventures in Star Wars Visions Volume 1 and Volume 3, and sees Kara continue on her quest to find her missing father and evade Jedi Hunters.

The original The Ninth Jedi short was released in 2021 as an episode of Star Wars Visions and is set a thousand years after the events of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. A sabersmith named Lah Zhima builds six lightsabers to bring back the mostly non-existent Jedi order before being captured by the Sith. His daughter Kara arms herself with a lightsaber and sets off on a journey to find other Jedi to help her rescue her father.

The second installment, The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope, was released in October 2025 and continues Kara's journey, this time after an unexpected attack.

"It was such a big endeavor – the first full-on anime Star Wars series, so we would support the team from early pitch stages through designs and production as the story was built out," Visions executive producer Josh Rimes previously told Polygon.

The Ninth Jedi releases on Disney Plus this August 5. For more, check out our list of the best Disney Plus shows, or look ahead with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

Before creator Tony Gilroy got involved and turned Andor into a thrillingly rich, thematically nuanced masterpiece, the Star Wars show was initially in the hands of Disney animation boss Jared Bush, and a new art book has revealed the Zootopia director's original take on the material.

As spotted by Cinelinx, new coffee table book The Art of Star Wars: Andor contains Bush's original pitch for the Star Wars show, taken from his 2018 series bible, and it reveals a radically different version of Andor that never was.

“The fledgling Rebellion experiences a crippling setback when an Imperial mole hidden within its ranks decimates a series of rebel bases. Cassian Andor, a young intelligence operative, is one of the few who survive, only to be falsely accused of being the mole himself. Out in the cold, Cassian discovers the only way to clear his name and find the mole is to infiltrate an Imperial planet which holds the key to uncovering the mole's identity.”

While this concept for the show retains the core idea of Andor being an espionage-powered story set in a galaxy far, far away, Bush's Andor would have been very different from the two-season show we got under Gilroy's stewardship. Instead of a simple mole hunt, Gilroy shaped Andor into a show about political oppression and resistance that mirrored real-world events to an almost eerie degree.

Andor was originally revealed in November 2018 after roughly a year of development. Initially, The Americans' executive producer Stephen Schiff was brought on board as showrunner, after Bush contributed a pilot script and series bible. Gilroy, who reportedly oversaw Rogue One's extensive reshoots, later shared his own vision for Andor with Kathleen Kennedy by penning a letter to the former head of Lucasfilm. Kennedy was evidently impressed, as Gilroy officially came on board in 2019.

The two-season show ran from 2022 to 2025 and is widely considered one of the high points of the Disney era of Star Wars. We even named Andor season 2 the best show of 2025. Gilroy provided some insights into the beloved show in our season 2 post-mortem, and even dispelled a fan theory around one of the finale's most ambiguous moments.

As for Bush, Andor may have slipped through his fingers, but the filmmaker had a pretty good 2025 too – he was the director of the highest-grossing Hollywood movie of the year, Zootopia 2, after becoming the chief creative officer of Disney Animation in late 2024.

Andor is streaming in full on Disney Plus. For more, check out our list of the best Disney Plus shows, or look ahead with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

Live-action Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi has posted a cryptic tease for Ahsoka season 2.

Esfandi made his live-action debut in the first season of the show, and he'll soon be returning when the show airs on Disney Plus early next year.

"'The pain you're feeling cannot compare to the joy that is coming' I tell myself as I await season 2," Esfandi wrote on Twitter.

The tease is so mysterious that even the official Star Wars account doesn't seem to know what to make of it, simply replying: "Eman"

Esfandi had a response, however: "Should've left that in the drafts my b"

At the end of Ahsoka season 1, Ezra safely made it back to the main galaxy by stowing away on Grand Admiral Thrawn's ship. But, Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren were left behind, along with Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati.

So far, Ahsoka season 2 is shrouded in mystery. What we know for sure, though, is that Hayden Christensen will return as Anakin Skywalker, Admiral Ackbar will face off against Thrawn, Rory McCann is taking over as Baylan from the late Ray Stevenson, and there will be battles across two galaxies.

"Anybody who saw the sequels knows that there's a First Order coming in, like, 20 years from where we are now in the storyline," The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau has teased of the second Ahsoka season. "And then Ahsoka season 2 is coming out – which I've seen all of – and that's definitely more dealing with the larger [picture], a higher level. That's about the officers and we're the enlisted men – this is more of a ground-level experience of what's going on. You're seeing the backdrop – which, by the way, is what the first Star Wars started off as."

Ahsoka season 2 doesn't have a firm release date yet beyond early 2027. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.

Over six months after Stranger Things came to an end, Eleven star Millie Bobby Brown says only she and the show's creators know what really happened to her character.

"And you know what? The Duffer Brothers and I, we made a secret pact that we know the true ending," said Brown on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, adding that "whatever they choose to do with that information, they do," but she still hasn't told anyone. "Even my husband's like, 'Just tell me.'"

At the end of Stranger Things season 5, after defeating Vecna in the Upside Down and helping her friends get back to Hawkins, Eleven decides that the only way to close the gate to the Upside Down for good is to sacrifice herself as Hopper blows up the gate (you can read more on that in our Stranger Things season 5 finale ending explained).

However, later in the episode, Mike Wheeler tells the others that Eleven is still alive, and that Kali projected an image of Eleven inside the gate while the real Eleven escaped. Wheeler imagines his girlfriend living in rural Iceland. This left her fate pretty open-ended and convinced a lot of fans that the character may still be alive.

Back when the finale aired, the Duffer brothers revealed that they left Eleven's fate open so that viewers could choose for themselves what happened to her, but they know the truth. On the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Matt Duffer said, "This is ambiguous. I mean, you're writing from a point of view of understanding what the truth is and the reality is," adding, "I think it takes away the power of the ending if you tell people what you were thinking as you were writing it."

However, many fans were not too happy with the ending, which led to a widespread conspiracy theory known as Conformity Gate. Stranger Things fans were convinced that there was a secret ninth episode on the way, and that 'clues' from the final season pointed to Vecna tricking the audience. Alas, no other episode ever arrived. When Fallon mentioned the theory, Brown replied, "Oh my gosh! Shut up!"

Stranger Things seasons 1-5 are available to stream on Netflix, but the franchise lives on, as Stranger Things: Tales From '85 season 2 is in the works. For more, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows, and keep up with new TV shows

Back in 2020, The Mandalorian season 2 broke the internet when it brought back Luke Skywalker in the finale. The cameo was a total secret, even to the actors on set, bar Pedro Pascal.

But, Ming-Na Wen, who plays Fennec Shand in the Star Wars universe, has revealed she knew the truth the whole time.

"Oh, I knew it was Luke. How could you not? The glove, the lightsaber, the R2-D2 that they painted freaking green," Wen said in conversation with Katee Sackhoff, who plays Bo-Katan Kryze (and had no idea they were dealing with Luke Skywalker). "I just turned to Jon [Favreau] and Dave [Filoni], I'm like, 'Are you kidding me?'"

The cover story was this mysterious Jedi was none other than Plo Koon, who died during Order 66 – a story Sackhoff apparently believed.

"I'm like, 'Come on. It's R2-D2.' They're like, 'No it's not,'" Wen added, confirming no one would tell her the truth in the moment. Check out the conversation below.

In the finale, Luke Skywalker showed up to save Mando, Grogu, Cara Dune, Bo-Katan, Koska Reeves, and Fennec Shand from the Dark Troopers.

"But even when they didn't admit it, I didn't know how they were going to present it," Wen added. "So, I was very surprised, because I didn't see all those other stuff… It was amazing. I still cried and freaked out."

Luke Skywalker showed up again in The Book of Boba Fett, but hasn't been seen since – though a Star Wars fan spotted a background detail in The Mandalorian and Grogu that might have hinted at his presence on Adelphi Base.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is currently in theaters, and, right now, we don't know what's next for Din Djarin and Baby Yoda. The next Star Wars release is Ahsoka season 2, which is arriving in early 2027.

In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.

Fallout season 3 is in the works and, by the sounds of things, it's got some surprises in store.

That's according to Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard, who not only teased to Entertainment Weekly that season 3 "is gonna start shooting soon," but also hinted at what's to come.

"We talked about this at the end of season 2, hinting we're going to new places," Howard shared. "So one of the things that we all love about Fallout is the geography of the world and being able to show some new things in the Fallout world that I think will surprise people, that they've never seen before in the games."

During the Fallout season 2 ending, the Ghoul sets off for Colorado, while Max and Lucy are faced with the approaching Legion.

"We know The Ghoul is heading to Colorado, ideally, but in the Wasteland, thou shalt be sidetracked by bullshit every goddamn time," co-showrunner Geneva Robertson-Dworet has teased of season 3.

"He still needs to figure out exactly where he's going," she added. "Of course, Lucy and Max and many of our other characters are not necessarily heading to Colorado, so we're very excited to unveil new locations next season. In Fallout, you're always journeying and exploring and building your map out bigger, so that's what we want to be mimetic of."

There are some newcomers confirmed for season 3, too, with Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul set to join the cast, along with The Acolyte's Manny Jacinto, Paddington in Peru's Emily Mortimer, and Jojo Rabbit's Thomasin McKenzie.

Fallout season 3 doesn't yet have a release date. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming TV shows worth getting excited about this year.

After the success of Maul – Shadow Lord, Darth Maul voice actor Sam Witwer says he wants Star Wars to take more risks, because if not, the sci-fi franchise won't grow.

"You have to take creative risks. It’s like the Maul character – if you’re not going to take risks with the Maul character, do something really new with him, you should not be taking the character out," said Witwer on the Pause for Thought podcast. "I think it’s the same thing with Star Wars in general… Certain things are gonna hit with certain audiences – everyone has their favorite. But without that spirit of experimentation, you don’t get anywhere."

Maul – Shadow Lord is quite out of the ordinary for the franchise. Using noir-inspired animation style with real paint strokes mixed with computer-generated visuals, the series looks different from anything we have seen before in Star Wars and shines a more positive light on a once-hated villain. However, doing something different paid off. Shadow Lord sits at a near-perfect 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and we awarded it 4 out of 5 stars in our Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord season 1 review.

The same goes for Andor. Differing from traditional Star Wars movies and shows, which adopt typical space-fantasy themes, Andor gives fans an insight into the reality of living under oppressive Imperial rule. Andor has a 96% score on RT.

Witwer says Star Wars should be taking these risks more often. But fans are feeling it too. Just last month, Star Wars fans were complaining about the number of projects set between the prequels and original trilogy, wondering if now is the time to move on.

However, it seems as though the tide is turning. As well as Maul – Shadow Lord season 2, which is already in production, the franchise is ready to tell some fresh stories, starting with Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter starring Ryan Gosling. Levy has also shown interest in making a Star Wars horror movie, which we are well overdue for.

For more on the way, check out our list of upcoming Star Wars movies and shows, and keep up with the Galaxy Far Far Away with our guide on how to watch Star Wars movies in order.

The Boroughs actor Denis O'Hare has taken to Instagram to encourage fans and Emmy voters to get out there and show Netflix that they made a big mistake.

"So, it’s Saturday and I’m just thinking about the fact that Netflix canceled The Boroughs and how really bummed I am because it was such a great show, it was such a great show and people really seem to love it," O'Hare said in a video he posted to Instagram.

"Anyway, so I think we still have a couple of days before the end of Emmy voting that everyone should just vote for The Boroughs," he continued. "You can vote for me if you like. But also like Bill Pullman and Alfre Woodard and Alfie [Alfred] Molina and Geena Davis and Clarke Peters, Seth Numrich, Alice Kremelberg and vote for ‘The Boroughs’ for Best Series and, you know, stick it to Netflix and let them know that they made a mistake, you know, because I think that would be sweet revenge. Anyway, I love the show, I miss it and, you know, whatever." You can watch the full video below.

The Boroughs series hit Netflix on May 21 and climbed to 9.6 million viewers in its first week before dropping to 3 million, debuting with an impressive 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. The streaming giant pulled the plug on June 17, with reports citing the high production costs and viewership decline as reasons for cancellation. Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, who created Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance TV series, served as executive producers and showrunners, with The Duffer Brothers producing under their Upside Down Pictures banner.

The sci-fi show, inspired by the 1985 Ron Howard movie Cocoon, took place in a seemingly picturesque retirement community that saw a group of unlikely heroes band together to stop an otherworldly threat lurking within.

The Boroughs is streaming now on Netflix. For more, check out our list of the best Netflix shows to add to your streaming queue right now, or check out our guide to all the upcoming TV shows you need to know about.

Fallout season 3 has added three new cast members to its line-up, and fans of the Prime Video game adaptation are impressed.

According to Deadline, Manny Jacinto, Emily Mortimer, and Thomasin McKenzie have all joined the cast in recurring roles. There are no details on their characters just yet, however.

Fans are particularly impressed by Jacinto joining the cast – the actor is best known for his roles in The Good Place, The Acolyte, and Freakier Friday.

"I'm so curious to see who Manny plays," says one fan on Reddit, with another agreeing: "The man has flexibility, from charming dumbass to cold-blooded killer."

"Manny was good on Acolyte and very different than his Good Place character, so he could play someone like that, they really do good with the casting on each season," thinks another fan.

"Manny yo. I am excited to see what character he plays," is another person's thoughts. Another jokes, "Hopefully Manny's arms make an appearance," after his biceps impressed on The Acolyte. Someone else jokes: "They had to bring in Manny Jacinto because he's the only one who can out-jawline Ella Purnell."

"An already stacked cast is getting even more stacked," says another person. "Crazy the amount of fantastic actors they’ve got already, I hope they can continue to use them all well."

"Ooh Emily and Thomasin. That's a damn good group of actors right there," agrees another.

The newcomers join Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul as additions to the upcoming season, while the likes of Purnell, Walton Goggins, and Aaron Moten will return.

Fallout season 3 doesn't yet have a release date. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming video game adaptations or new TV shows to fill out your watchlist.

Long before the current Disney Plus era of Star Wars, it turns out George Lucas wanted to make a TV show centered around Ian McDiarmid's Emperor Palpatine.

McDiarmid himself revealed the news at Spacecon San Antonio 2026, via The Popverse.

"[George Lucas] was talking about, I think I can tell you now, a television series," McDiarmid shared. "At the time we didn't think about Star Wars in terms of television series. Very speculative. We had lunch one day, and he said I've got this idea, and I hope you might want to be involved. We could sort of follow the Emperor's progress, like Hitler's, some of that. There might be an assassination attempt, and of course it wouldn't succeed. It sounded really exciting. And he also said that maybe you could direct one, and then I fainted. But sadly, that didn't come to pass."

While this does sound like a separate project, especially since McDiarmid says it was "speculative," it's possible this could have been part of the Underworld TV show, which would've been set between the prequel and original trilogies and focused largely on Coruscant's criminal underworld. However, it really does seem Lucas had an entirely separate, Palpatine-focused project in mind.

Of course, while Andor season 1 and 2 never actually featured the Emperor on screen, they did deal heavily with Imperial politics, which might be the closest we get to seeing a project like the one envisioned by Lucas. McDiarmid, meanwhile, returned as Palpatine for a cameo in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series.

Next up for Star Wars is Ahsoka season 2, which has a confirmed release window of early 2027. The Mandalorian and Grogu, meanwhile, is in theaters now.

You can keep up to date on everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows.

Despite being one of the best new original shows of 2026 so far, Netflix has canceled The Boroughs. Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers produced the new sci-fi show, which saw a group of retirement home residents attempting to navigate an otherworldly threat.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the decision was made to cancel it after only a month on the platform due to two major reasons. The first is cost, as sci-fi is expensive to produce, meaning the viewership threshold needs to be as high as possible to compensate.

That being said, it seems like the show did pretty well. It's been in the weekly top 10 on Netflix every week since its May 21 release, which is no mean feat.

However, there's also another player at work: the Duffer brothers' new deal with Paramount. The creators have an upcoming movie due to be released by the studio in November 2028, which splits their loyalties away from just Netflix. According to THR, this was a contributing factor in the decision.

Starring Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Jena Malone, and Geena Davis, the star-studded series was a hit with critics and viewers alike. The show is currently sitting at a near-perfect 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers calling it Stranger Things for adults. Viewers were positive too, with an audience score of 78%.

Season one also ended on a pretty huge twist, which will be disappointing for fans hoping to find out what happens next. The show was created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, but neither of them has commented on its cancellation yet.

For what you can still stream on Netflix, check out our guides to the best Netflix shows and the best Netflix movies available now.

As the future of Doctor Who remains uncertain and we prepare to wait for what could be years for a new Doctor to be announced, past star Peter Capaldi has said he thinks there have been too many regenerations, and it's taking the magic out of the show.

"To be perfectly honest, I think it's there are too many regenerations," said Capaldi on the 100 Questions with Tom Simons podcast. "I love all the doctors, but I've lost count of how many of them there are. So the weight of this kind of regeneration is diminished."

The star added, "When I grew up, the first time it happened, it was mysterious and strange. But [the regeneration] holds the mystery of the show." Capaldi feels as though the audience knowing that the central character will die is what attracts viewers. "It's a very, very powerful death motif, and that's what lies in the magic of the show."

When we look at how quickly the series passes from Doctor to Doctor, actors only spend about 3 years in the role. The longest serving Doctor was the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, from 1974 to 1981. Capaldi played the Twelfth Doctor from 2014 to 2017, taking over the role from Matt Smith.

"The doctors had been good-looking lads. They've been sort of boyband doctors. And suddenly this haggard face was there and that was the whole scene," recalls Capaldi. The star added that after filming the regeneration scene, "Matt, who was very emotional, came backstage and gave me a big hug and took the watch off and gave it to me, said 'That's for you. This is yours now. You're the doctor."

After Capaldi came the first female Doctor, Jodie Whittaker, from 2018 to 2022 before David Tennant returned for a short stint and regenerated into The Fifteenth Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa. However, after just two seasons, Gatwa exited the show. Just this month, to the shock of the whole Whoniverse, showrunner Russell T. Davies also left the series, and the BBC cancelled the 2026 Christmas special in the process.

As of now, the future of the sci-fi series is hanging in the balance. Industry insiders have predicted that Doctor Who could be off air for 5 years. But the important thing to remember is that the show itself hasn't been canceled.

For more, read our feature on why Doctor Who's Christmas cancellation is a good thing, and keep up with new TV shows heading your way in 2026 and beyond.

It looks like Abby has yet another enemy to face in The Last of Us season 3, as the HBO show has added another significant Seraphite.

Peter Sarsgaard, who played ill-fated DA Gil Colson in The Batman, among many other roles, has been cast as a Seraphite leader named Amon, as reported by Deadline. We don't know much about Amon, as the character is new to the show, and doesn't appear in the Naughty Dog game, which the show closely adapts. However, if he is anything like the Seraphites in The Last of Us season 2, both Abby and Lev better watch their backs.

The Seraphites are a religious cult that believes the apocalypse and the Cordyceps brain infection came as a punishment from God for human sin. In The Last of Us Part II, the group is colloquially known as the Scars, due to their 'Glasgow Smiles.' Abby and Ellie frequently encounter members of the group when travelling around Seattle.

In the show, the cult is split into different groups led by prophets that all spread the same message. When we first meet the Seraphites, they seem peaceful, and it is unclear why the Wolves target them. However, as the second season goes on, the group becomes more violent. In one scene, a young Seraphite spots Ellie, and the group prepares to sacrifice her, but she escapes.

It is not clear how big of a role Sarsgaard will play, as season 3 has been filming since March. However, production has been paused for about a month. This may be due to the FIFA World Cup, as Vancouver, where much of The Last of Us is filmed, is due to host one of the tournaments. This shouldn't disrupt filming too much, though, as Deadline reports that production is expected to go on until the end of 2026.

Season 2 of The Last of Us followed the battle with the WLF from Ellie's side, but right at the end, as teased in the finale, there is a reset, with season 3 expected to go over the same events from Abby's perspective. This mimics the structure of the second game, which tells overlapping stories from opposing sides.

The Last of Us season 3 is expected to premiere on HBO in 2027. For more, check out our guide to the best shows on HBO Max, and keep up with new TV shows on the way.

Following the news that the Doctor Who Christmas special has been cancelled and showrunner Russell T Davies and production company Bad Robot have departed the series, it seems like a rocky road is ahead for the sci-fi show.

The BBC has announced it has been put out to tender, allowing other production companies to bid for work on the long-running series. Now, according to a new report from Deadline, this may mean the show is off air for several years.

Citing industry insiders, it seems like the earliest it could be back on screens is 2028. This is an early estimate too, with another insider predicting it will be off air for five years or more.

There could be more problems on the horizon, as Deadline suggested that several respected UK production companies have already shared their reservations about the potential of bidding for the Doctor Who rights.

One producer was quoted as saying that "you would have to be mad" to take on Doctor Who, as another said it's a "bit of a nightmare for any producer in this market with the shadow of the Disney fallout."

However, it's not all doom and gloom, as another person named as "close to Doctor Who" compared the show to other huge franchises. They told Deadline: "If you look at the longevity of Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek, these are valuable commodities over generations. The BBC is lucky to have one of these, and this should be no more than a bump in the road if they approach it properly."

Davies was optimistic about the show's future in his Instagram post announcing his departure. "Now I’m as excited as anyone to see what comes next! Will they keep the theme tune? Will they lose the blue box? Will they bring back the Drahvin?! It’s all up for grabs, which is so Doctor Who, exciting and unpredictable and new," he wrote on social media.

The sky, or the galaxy we should say, is the limit. For more on what's heading to our screens in 2026 and beyond, check out our guide to all of the new TV shows in the making.

Hopper actor David Harbour says that we could one day see him reunite on screen with Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown, as the pair are currently working on "several" projects together.

Harbour and Brown, of course, played Chief of Police Jim Hopper and his surrogate, superpowered daughter Eleven, respectively, across all five seasons of Stranger Things, over the last decade. And speaking to Variety, Harbour claims that he and Brown haven't had enough of each other yet.

"Straight up, Millie and I are working on several…" Harbour said, cutting himself off before revealing too much. "You’ll see more of me and Millie – 10 years wasn’t enough. There is a special bond there."

What any those projects might be is a mystery for the time being, but it's a safe bet that they're not Stranger Things-related, as creators the Duffer Brothers followed up the divisive Stranger Things season 5 ending by joking that they won't reveal the truth about Eleven's fate for 20 years.

Even without a potential Hopper/Eleven reunion, Harbour has been keeping busy since Stranger Things came to an end. Later this year, he'll return as Red Guardian in Avengers: Doomsday, and is set to appear in the Noah Centineo-starring Rambo reboot. He'll also reprise his kick-ass Santa in Violent Night 2, and return as Frankenstein in Creature Commandos season 2. As for Brown, Enola Holmes 3 is right around the corner, and will see Sherlock's sister on the search for her kidnapped brother, once again played by Henry Cavill.

Also speaking to Variety, Brown touched on her long creative partnership with Harbour. "Obviously I changed so much from Season 1 to Season 5, and David was there through all of it," Brown said. "Over time, our relationship became much more collaborative creatively. When you work with someone for that many years, we could really push each other emotionally in scenes. Even though the series has ended, there’s still a lot of gratitude."

As for Stranger Things, the mothership show may have ended, but animated show Stranger Things: Tales from '85 has been renewed for season 2, and will continue to fill in the gaps between seasons 2 and 3.

Stranger Things is streaming now on Netflix. Fill out your streaming watchlist with our picks of the best Netflix shows.

Doctor Who is in its worst shape for decades. Low ratings, Ncuti Gatwa leaving the TARDIS behind after just two (shorter) seasons, and a baffling Billie Piper-shaped cliffhanger has left the sci-fi classic in desperate need of a doctor and a Doctor.

Far from pulling the plug entirely, the BBC has given fans some tough medicine to swallow: the previously announced 2026 Christmas special has been canceled, with showrunner Russell T Davies and long-time production company Bad Wolf departing for good.

"This decision was not taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans, but in order to set the show up for future series, it was decided that rather than bridge the gap with a one off special, we are choosing to push forward to invest in the long-term future of the show which ensures that when the TARDIS lands once more, it does so in all its glory," the BBC said in a statement.

It may seem all doom and gloom, but a long break is best for everyone. After all, the show has been on a downwards trajectory for some time, with past Doctors Jodie Whittaker and Ncuti Gatwa being saddled with poor writing that did a disservice to their enormous – and history-making – talents.

Reinvention, not regeneration

That brings us to the decision itself to rob the Christmas schedules of Doctor Who for only the third time in 20 years.

Is it bad news? On the face of it, yes – shocking, even. Not only is it a festive fixture, but some of Doctor Who's most experimental, joyous chapters have sprung forth from the holiday window. But any Christmas epilogue or bridging of the gap between one era and the next would inevitably feel like a halfway house, one that wouldn't placate long-term fans, nor entice the next generation that's needed for the show to survive in the streaming era.

Fresh talent, fresh voices, and fresh perspectives are needed – not nostalgia and a desperate move towards the good old days. That can only be achieved, unfortunately, with the passing of time instead of a business-as-usual reboot in a year or two. We'll soon be entering the era of creatives and writers heading into the industry after being weaned on a diet of the Tenth Doctor. That's exciting in and of itself, and the jolt in the arm the series desperately needs after years of sleepwalking through stories.

As for the Billie Piper cliffhanger – that can now safely be ignored. It's probably for the best, isn't it? Even at the time, it was a nonsensical story beat that provoked more questions than answers in the worst possible way. Let's move on and have a clean break; the next Doctor can sidestep all that in favor of going full speed ahead in the TARDIS. Leave the answers up to comics, novels, or Big Finish. It's not something we need to concern ourselves with anymore.

This may be a sad time, but there are reasons to be hopeful. Doctor Who is nothing if not resilient. A decades-long gap preceded the show's successful 2005 reboot, with Russell T. Davies's first trip through space and time launching a golden era that turned into one of the century's best sci-fi adventures, complete with star (and starmaking) turns from the likes of David Tennant and Matt Smith.

If we could travel back in time, we would surely have done it all differently. No Disney deal, perhaps no Russell T. Davies second coming, either. But now is the perfect time to get it right. The Doctor passes from one era to the next with regeneration. There's already a baked-in narrative excuse to move on from this mess. Now, what it sorely needs is reinvention – and not to deck the halls for a few more years at least.

For more, check out our guide to new TV shows and then work your way through the best sci-fi movies ever made.

Russell T Davies has exited Doctor Who as showrunner, as the BBC confirms that the Christmas special of the beloved sci-fi drama has been canceled. The broadcaster confirmed the news while announcing they are looking for a new production company to work on the show.

In an official statement, the BBC confirmed this means that Davies and Bad Wolf are not working on this year's Christmas special. They said: "This decision was not taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans, but in order to set the show up for future series, it was decided that rather than bridge the gap with a one off special, we are choosing to push forward to invest in the long-term future of the show which ensures that when the TARDIS lands once more, it does so in all its glory."

Davies has also shared a statement on Instagram following the news. He wrote: "And so GOODBYE from me to Doctor Who but HELLO to a big new future for the show, as the BBC announces it’s putting the show out to tender."

He also confirmed that no scripts had been written for a Christmas special as the future of the show was uncertain. He added: "For the record: there was no script, I never wrote it, and no actor was ever approached to play the next Doctor. You may disagree; fine, sit in that chair and wait to be proved right. You’ll wait a lonnng time."

It all sounds like Doctor Who will be rebooting in the near future as the series regenerates once again. For more, check out all the new TV shows on the way in 2026 and beyond.

Over the past decade, Star Wars has focused heavily on the period of time between the prequels and original trilogy, so much so that fans are wondering if it is time to move on from releasing projects set in this era.

When the Star Wars prequels were released, there was no doubt that fans had a lot of questions about what had happened in the 19 years between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. But thanks to the ever-growing franchise, many projects have filled in the blanks and introduced lots of new characters. But when is enough enough?

"Considering the sheer amount of media we've gotten that takes place between III-IV, is there STILL some plot holes that need to be addressed? Or is it finally time to move on?" asked one fan on Reddit. Many others agree, as one pointed out, "Personally, I’m over the timeline between Ep1-6... give us the Luke Han Leia story post-6. Take some heavy swings at the lore. Dig deep and do some mythological heavy lifting."

Many fans are seeing the funny side of Lucasfilm and Disney's overexploration of The Dark Times. "There's still a dude in the back of the Mos Eisley's cantina in ANH we don't have a full 3-season show about," joked one fan, and another added, "You joke, but the Tales From Mos Eisley Cantina literally gave us the backstory of Han Solo's vest."

There are now 10, yes ten, projects set between the prequels and the original trilogy, and that's not counting Tales of the Jedi, which has episodes set slightly before. On the Star Wars timeline, Tales of the Empire, Tales of the Underworld, The Bad Batch, Maul – Shadow Lord, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Star Wars Rebels, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story all take place during that 19-year gap.

It doesn't look like Lucasfilm is quite finished with the period known as the Reign of the Empire, as Maul – Shadow Lord season 2 is already in production, and a third Star Wars Jedi games is expected to continue the story of Cal Kestis in this period. However, the franchise is exploring pastures new in Shawn Levy's Star Wars: Starfighter, which will take place approximately five years after The Rise of Skywalker. Starfighter hits cinemas on May 28, 2027.

For even more, check out our guide on how to watch Star Wars movies in order, and keep up with upcoming Star Wars movies and shows heading your way.

Yellowjackets star Sophie Thatcher has revealed Ella Purnell's first Fallout experience before leading the Prime Video adaptation didn't exactly go as planned.

"I tried to create Ella on Fallout," Yellowjackets co-star Sophie Thatcher recalled on Happy Sad Confused. "That was her first introduction [to Fallout]. She was like, 'Turn it off! It's scary graphics.' That's fair… Specifically, Fallout: New Vegas has that [look] where it's uncanny."

Unfortunately for Thatcher, most of the gaming bonding time with her fellow actors similarly went down like a lead balloon.

"I had a night where I brought the Yellowjackets girls over and I was like, 'I'm going to create every one of you on The Sims'. It took hours and people got so bored," Thatcher joked.

Thatcher – a dyed-in-the-wool gaming fanatic with four generations of PlayStation consoles, three Oculus headsets, and a "broken" Xbox – showcased her gaming credentials earlier in the interview by revealing her reaction to meeting legendary video game developer Hideo Kojima.

"I had a talk with Hideo Kojima and doing a talk with him was just like, 'You're a god to us.' Anything I say, I'm scared," Thatcher, who has also appeared in The Book of Boba Fett, Companion, and Heretic, revealed.

Previously, Purnell revealed to PC Gamer that she had dabbled in Fallout 4 prior to the first season, describing it as a "fun and exciting experience."

Fallout season 3 has been announced, with the upcoming batch of episodes seemingly heading to the fresh locale of Colorado. The Fallout season 2 ending also set up war coming to the streets of New Vegas.

For more, check out the new TV shows coming your way very soon, plus our picks for the best Fallout games.

Star Wars series The Book of Boba Fett was met with a mixed reaction when it hit Disney Plus back in 2021. Critics were more up on the show than audiences, based on its divisive Rotten Tomatoes score, and there was a general consensus that the best episodes were when the series diverted course to tell The Mandalorian's story.

However, despite not winning over viewers, it seems that Lucasfilm may have considered a second season of the show at some point. Speaking at Fan Expo Philadelphia, Jonny Coyne, who played Lord Janu Coin in The Mandalorian and Grogu and briefly in The Mandalorian season 3, shared the insight.

"They said they were going to put me into [The Mandalorian] season 4, and maybe a possible Boba Fett episode as well, and then it all went away," he told audiences. "It all went away, and then the movie happened."

Per Screen Rant, it seems that Coyne was referring to conversations that happened after he appeared in The Mandalorian season 3, meaning that he can't have been referring to The Book of Boba Fett season 1. If this is true, then it does suggest that Lucasfilm was actively considering a second outing of the Temuera Morrison-led spin-off.

It seems quite unlikely that would happen now, but you never know what the higher-ups at Lucasfilm are considering next for the galaxy far, far away. What has been confirmed is Ahsoka season 2, which will be arriving in 2027. You can also check out all of the other upcoming Star Wars movies and shows that have been confirmed.

Andor might be a direct prequel to Rogue One, but it does have one key difference with the movie – its tone.

While Andor is a gritty political thriller, Rogue One still has more of an edge to it, but is less intense than the show.

"I watched Rogue One right after the finale of Andor and they really are played completely differently," says one person on Reddit. "The characters are paper thin in the movie compared to the depth they all get in the show, the pacing is far quicker and there's never a moment to [ruminate] on things. Now some of these are expected because one is a blockbuster movie and the other is a methodical serial television show so the very medium they're both in pretty much means they will feel different."

"When I rewatched Rogue One right after I finished Andor, I was struck by how mystical the former seemed in comparison to the latter," says another fan. The Force does play a part in Andor season 2, but in only a few scenes.

"The tonal changes between R1 and Andor have quite a bit to do with format and genre. One was a single movie, and the other a 24 episode series; one was basically a war movie focused on a specific action and the circumstances that led up to it, and the other was a political/espionage thriller. Also, there were differences in writing and production style that impacted tone for each," argues someone else.

"I find R1 waaaay colder and emotionally distant than Andor," says another person, while another says: "I cared about the characters in Andor and... not in the other"

"Cassian in Andor doesn't perfectly line up with Cassian in Rogue One, but it's close enough," says someone else.

"My biggest gripe with the Andor/Rogue One 'Trilogy' is that Rogue One uses the classic, lighter music and emotional themes. It has those momentary flashes of whimsy that the OT/PT/ST have. Also, while I loved C3PO and R2 on first release, their very brief presence did disrupt the flow a bit on rewatches, and after Andor, I actively dislike them showing up," is another person's take. "I know Andor Cut fixes most continuity errors that were introduced from what I understand, but it's unfortunate that the official release is so tonally different from Andor from purely an entertainment standpoint."

Andor season 2 ends just moments before Rogue One begins, with Cassian Andor setting off on the mission that will eventually lead to him helping steal the Death Star plans on Scarif.

Next up for Star Wars is Ahsoka season 2, which has a release window of early 2027. The Mandalorian and Grogu is currently in theaters.

You can keep up to date with everything else on the way with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

The Acolyte season 2 would have connected to the sequels through Manny Jacinto's Qimir, showrunner Leslye Headland has said.

The Star Wars show was scrapped in 2024, reportedly for low viewership, though it was actually Disney Plus's second most-watched show of the year. This year, the show had a resurgence and returned to the streamer's top 10, apparently bolstered by Maul – Shadow Lord.

"I'm having a resurgence of The Acolyte in my real life," Headland told Empire magazine. "I speak with people who are really big fans, and were disappointed in the cancelation. I went to a play last night, and somebody was like, 'I just have to tell you that I loved it.'"

Headland also explained that she'd be happy to return to Star Wars. "I would still want to do it! Absolutely," she said. "As more people discover it, I think people may want to see some form of the story come back."

As for what that might look like, Headland revealed more. "We did have a lot of stuff that we wanted to explore – including tying in lore to the sequels," she shared. "Getting into who exactly Manny [Jacinto]'s character is, his connection with [Jedi Master] Vernestra, his connection with [Sith Lord] Plagueis, and then his connection with other sequel-established things."

Jacinto's Stranger, AKA Qimir, did appear to have some kind of relation to Kylo Ren, as hinted at by a musical cue in the show.

A new Star Wars book has also enhanced The Acolyte lore with a reference to Vernestra. "Some even say that it was during this brightest of times that the Sith began to crawl their way back out of the darkness," says Luke Skywalker of the High Republic in the updated version of Marc Sumerak's Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi, subtitled The Chronicles of Luke Skywalker. "There are even whispers that legendary Jedi like Vernestra Rwoh may have been complicit in their return. But we may never know for sure."

Next up for Star Wars is Ahsoka season 2, which is arriving in early 2027. The Mandalorian and Grogu is currently in theaters.

You can see everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

Following Ncuti Gatwa's exit after two seasons, it sounds like we will soon learn who the sixteenth Doctor is as Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies teases the news.

"Will we get an announcement about a new Doctor soon?" asked radio host Gary Davies on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on June 1, 2026, to which Davies replied, "You will get an announcement. There is a press release lumbering through the BBC… So I promise you that in about a week or two weeks, there will be some sort of press release."

However, it sounds like Davies is just as tired as we are waiting for an official announcement to drop, as he described the process "like the Jurassic period" where "57 people have to sign off on every single word." After the showrunner confirmed that news is on the way, he added, "and yet I can hear the gears slowing down even as I say that. You know this place."

Fans are champing at the bit to learn who the new Doctor will be after Doctor Who season 2 (technically season 15) saw Gatwa's Doctor sacrifice himself and regenerate into a former companion played by Billie Piper. This left the series pretty open-ended, with many wondering if Piper would be the new Doctor, after she previously played David Tennant's Sidekick Rose Tyler in the '00s. Piper wouldn't be the first woman to take on the role, though, as Jodie Whittaker starred as the Thirteenth Doctor from 2017 to 2022.

Aside from who will play the new Doctor, Davies has also touched on whether or not there will be a Doctor Who Christmas special this year. Although it was announced in October 2025, it looks like the 2026 Christmas special may not be happening anymore. In an interview with LBC, Davies laid out his plans for the rest of the year, which didn't include a Whoniverse festive addition. "I won’t be back filming anything until next year, really," said the showrunner.

However, the last Doctor Who Christmas special, titled 'Joy to the World', hit screens on Christmas Day 2024 and was filmed over a year before that. This means that if there is a Christmas special on the way this year, it may have already been filmed with the new Doctor. But that would be a whopper of a secret to have kept under wraps.

While we wait for more news on Doctor Who, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming TV shows to fill out your watchlist.

A new report confirms that we aren't losing our minds: the wait between new seasons of our favorite TV shows is getting longer and longer.

According to a press release from Ampere Analysis, the average gap between seasons of scripted original series has almost doubled from 12 months in 2020 to 21 months in 2025. The report cites Stranger Things, Severance, and Wednesday as the biggest examples, noting that the latter two generated "almost twice the average engagement levels" despite lengthy waits between seasons. I would argue that Severance came back bigger and better than ever, despite the three-year wait between seasons 1 and 2, with the second season being lauded with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

The report also interestingly states that sci-fi & fantasy titles, "often involving complex, high-budget productions," tend to perform the strongest despite long waits between seasons. There are other high-production shows that seem to be more concerned with keeping momentum, and have therefore gone into production right after their previous season. There was a three-year wait between seasons 1 and 2 Netflix's hit live-action One Piece series, but season 3 went into production while season 2 was still airing. HBO's newest Game of Thrones spin-off series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms also didn't waste any time, entering production on season 2 while season 1 was still airing on the streamer. To give you an idea of just how quick the turnaround time is, season 1 premiered in January 2026 and season 2 is slated for a January 2027 release.

For more, check out our list of the best new TV shows coming your way in 2026 and beyond.

Skeleton Crew season 2 might be possible, star Kerry Condon has revealed.

The Star Wars show debuted in December 2024 to a very positive Rotten Tomatoes score of 92%, but, since then, updates on its future have been scarce.

"I mean, I heard maybe possibly, but I don't know," Kerry Condon, who played Fara, mother of youngster Fern, told Screen Rant. "You never know in this business, but I really hope so because I thought the kids were great."

Skeleton Crew followed a bunch of kids who, after accidentally leaving their planet, have to try and find their way back home – only, nobody has heard of their planet, and it also turns out to be the rumored home of legendary treasure.

Jude Law starred as Jod Na Nawood, while Nick Frost voiced droid SM-33. The young cast was made up of Kyriana Kratter as KB, Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Wim, Ryan Kiera Armstrong as Fern, and Robert Timothy Smith as Neel.

While the show was well received, its debut didn't make it into the Nielsen top 10, with its first two episodes netting only 382 million minutes watched in their first week. That's the lowest of any live-action Star Wars show.

Still, a recent Production Weekly update said Skeleton Crew season 2 is "in development," so more could well be on the way.

Our own Skeleton Crew review awarded the show 4 stars, calling the show "a fun adventure story with lots of promise for Star Wars TV."

We'll just have to wait and see what happens next for Skeleton Crew, but in the meantime, Star Wars has returned to the big screen for the first time in seven years with The Mandalorian and Grogu, which is currently playing in theaters.

Up next is Ahsoka season 2, which has an early 2027 release window.

Until then, get up to speed on everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

The first Star Wars movie in seven years, The Mandalorian and Grogu, is now playing in theaters. But before Disney scooped up Lucasfilm for a cool $4.5bn, Star Wars was in a very precarious place, and Ahsoka voice actor Ashley Eckstein credits animated series The Clone Wars with turning that around.

Speaking at MCM Expo, where the cast of The Clone Wars were reunited on stage, Eckstein talked about being a Star Wars pioneer, as the voice of Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano on The Clone Wars.

“For us, it’s easy to forget, but when Clone Wars was on the air, there was no other Star Wars. We thought Star Wars was done," Eckestein said. "This was before Disney bought it and we were the only thing on the air… Without the success of Clone Wars we might not be seeing Mandalorian, Boba Fett, etcetera.”

It's a fair point, as much of Star Wars' recent output (Andor aside) has spun out from the world established by The Clone Wars. The Mandalorian season 3, in particular, featured numerous story threads that tied back to The Clone Wars, while Ahsoka, Maul – Shadow Lord, and The Bad Batch all pick up with characters and events depicted in The Clone Wars and Rebels.

Whether this is a good thing for Star Wars is debatable. The Mandalorian season 3 is widely considered the show's weakest season, in part because of its connections to Star Wars' animated output. The influence is plain as day, though: Rebels fan-favorite Zeb Orrelios plays a noteworthy supporting role in The Mandalorian and Grogu, while Ahsoka season 2 will further the story of The Clone Wars and Rebels in live action.

Originally, The Mandalorian season 4 would have set up the new season of Ahsoka in a major way, but Favreau started from scratch after pivoting to a feature instead of a new season. As it stands, The Mandalorian and Grogu continues the adventures of Din Djarin and his tiny green ward. But despite being a "standalone" story, the new movie does feature "subtle stuff that relates to Ahsoka season 2." We've got a wait to find out what, exactly, as Ahsoka season 2 won't hit Disney Plus until early 2027.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is in theaters now. For more, check out our list of upcoming Star Wars movies or here's how to watch The Clone Wars in order.

It's only been a few months since the divisive final season of Stranger Things came to an end and the Duffer Brothers already have a new show on Netflix. Produced by the filmmaking duo, The Boroughs follows a retirement community as they deal with an otherworldly threat.

Created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, the eight-part series is out on the streaming platform now and has been a hit with critics. Early reviews have been very positive, and it's currently sitting at a score of 94% on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 34 reviews.

This is the highest rating for the Duffer Brothers since Stranger Things season 1, which is rated at 97%. It's tied with the second season of the show, which also drew in 94% from its critics.

The Boroughs was given four stars by the Guardian's Lucy Mangan, who wrote, "Like the best hokum, The Boroughs speaks, via monsters and electroplasm, to eternal human fears." Meanwhile, Empire's David Opie gave it three stars, writing: "More than just a spiritual successor to Stranger Things, The Boroughs is an original sci-fi that succeeds on its own terms, even if it does need to iron out a few wrinkles, figuratively speaking."

Variety critic Aramide Tinubu called it a "delightful, intriguing adventure," adding: "Heartbreaking, funny and endlessly fascinating, The Boroughs is a show that examines loss, pain, time and the trials and tribulations of life during the golden years."

TIME Magazine's Judy Berman was also positive, writing that the show "excels at humanizing, through sharp performances by an all-star cast, characters Hollywood too often caricatures as cute or crotchety, when it deigns to pay them any attention."

It certainly has an all-star cast involved too with Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Denis O'Hare and Jena Malone all starring. All episodes are out to stream right now. In fact, it might just fill the Stranger Things-shaped hole in your heart.

For more, check out our round-up of the best shows to stream this weekend as well as our pick of the best Netflix shows currently available.

All the way back in the halcyon days of 2025, there was a show on Netflix called Stranger Things. Created by Matt and Ross Duffer, better known as The Duffer Brothers, the show was an enormous hit for the streamer, and ended with a great final episode that everyone loved. Just kidding! Anyway, the point here is that hot on the heels of the finale of the blockbuster series, Netflix has been engaging in a little game every other streamer and network has been playing for the past decade, to try and recreate the sensation with a new series… And that includes the Duffer Brothers, who may just have done the impossible with the new show The Boroughs.

In fact, in the wake of the end of Stranger Things, rather than sitting on their hands, the Duffers have released a non-stop barrage of shows hoping to fill the gap left by saying goodbye to Hawkins, Indiana. In March, they launched Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, a show created by Haley Z. Boston and executive-produced by the Duffers that goes far more surreal than Stranger Things but at least in terms of set dressing and style evokes some of the ‘80s flair, and certainly delves into horror. Call it Stranger Things adjacent, rather than a replacement.

Far more overt was April’s offering, the animated spin-off Stranger Things: Tales From '85, created by Eric Robles and EP-ed, again, by the Duffers. Set between Seasons 2 and 3 of the main series, Tales From '85 depicts a previously unseen adventure from the kids in the main show, and has already been renewed for a second season. Even with the near-identical DNA, it’s hard to say Tales From '85 is the next Stranger Things, as it's an extension of the brand, rather than something that feels fresh and/or new.

Keeping it old school

Well, now we're in May, and it's time to see if Netflix and the Duffer Brothers will get strike three, or hit it out of the park with The Boroughs. Once again, the Duffers are Executive Producers of the show, not the creators – that would be Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews. Starring a bevy of name actors, including Bill Pullman, Geena Davis, Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, Denis O'Hare, Jena Malone, Clarke Peters, and more, the casting flips the script from, "Hey, that's '80s icon Winona Ryder with a bunch of kids" to "Oops! All icons!"

In the series, Molina stars as Sam, a new widower who moves to the expansive retirement community of the title. It's already weird as Sam's daughter, Claire (Jena Malone), drives the former engineer to a remote spot in the middle of the desert against his will, though he quickly warms to his quirky neighbors; from the overly friendly Jack (Pullman) to the energetic art teacher Renee (Davis) and former investigative journalist Judy (Woodard). Oh, and also, there's a horrific monster that's stalking the grounds, killing the residents.

It's hard not to explicitly think of Stranger Things while watching The Boroughs, from an opening shot of someone riding a bicycle to a final scene that evokes one of the more memorable moments in the original season of the series. In between, the monster itself, while not an exact copy of the Demogorgon, has stretched limbs and a disturbing mouth that indicates if they don’t have the exact same genesis, they at least might be in the same phylum.

Stranger danger

Far more evocative of Stranger Things, though, is the scrappy, breezy nature of the dialogue and how Addiss and Matthews approach the series. Unlike the purposefully off-putting intensity of Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen, The Boroughs has its older actors talk like the gang from Hawkins, and often act more like kids than older adults pushing 80. They run around the community getting into trouble, come up with goofy inventions, and Sam is outfitted like a large child rather than a man getting on in years. That's also very much the point of the show: even when you're older, you still have plenty of life left, and don’t just need to be shoved out of the way. But seeing everyone jam into a van that might as well be driven by Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) makes it hard not to label this show Older Things and call it a day.

The bigger question is whether the formula to get the next Stranger Things is to do Stranger Things But Old. And the answer to that question will very much be determined over the next few weeks after the show debuts. Will it capture the national imagination with its bubbling mysteries and clear nod to a bigger mythology? Or will it merely pop to the top of the Netflix charts for a week before fading away into the algorithm like so many other series before it? Netflix, it should be noted, doesn't have the best track record with quirky sci-fi ideas (see The Society, Archive 81, 1899… The list goes on and on), though perhaps the Duffers are the secret sauce that will make it work.

Ultimately, though, if The Boroughs does become a hit and continue, it can't coast on the Stranger Things association forever, and neither can The Duffers. Sure, they've got an in-development live-action spin-off, as well as the second season of Tales From '85. But extracting some of the DNA from the series and handing it to other creators (including themselves) will only go so far. Because the real trick to creating the next Stranger Things isn't to remake the show with old folks… It's to craft something that feels as fresh and new and exciting as ST did way back in 2016, when it debuted. You know: by remixing ideas from the '80s.

The Boroughs is streaming now on Netflix. For more, check out our list of the new TV shows still to come this year, or fill out your watchlist with the Best shows on Netflix.

Looking for what to remember before The Mandalorian and Grogu? Then this is the Way. The first season of The Mandalorian dropped way back in 2019, so your memory of Din Djarin and Din Grogu's adventures might be a little fuzzy.

Below, we've rounded up everything you need to remember before The Mandalorian and Grogu in a Mandalorian recap, so you can get up to speed at a glance. There are six crucial Star Wars plot points that are essential to remember, and we've got them all detailed here.

So, for all you need to know, head on down to our recap. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

The Mandalorian recap

Mando originally finds Grogu as a bounty target

Din Djarin meets baby Grogu in quite an unconventional way: a mysterious Imperial by the name of the Client tasks Mando with tracking down a 50-year old bounty. When Mando arrives, the bounty is actually a tiny, green baby.

From the outset, Mando protects him, shooting the bounty hunting droid IG-11 to prevent him from hurting the baby. While Mando does initially hand over Grogu to the Empire, he soon has a change of heart and goes back to rescue him. The fearsome Imperial Moff Gideon, however, continues to attempt to track them down.

Grogu trains with Luke Skywalker

Mando and Grogu have plenty of adventures together and start to develop a father and son bond, but Din Djarin is on a quest to return the baby to his own kind: the Jedi. Ahsoka Tano refuses to train the youngling because of Grogu's strong attachment to Mando, but, after Din Djarin takes his charge to the planet Tython, Grogu calls out to a Jedi. But, the baby is kidnapped by Dark Troopers and the Razor Crest is destroyed in the process.

Later, when Mando and his pals go to save Grogu from Moff Gideon, none other than Luke Skywalker shows up to save the baby and take him away to be trained. Mando and Grogu share an emotional goodbye, and Grogu leaves with Luke.

Mando and Grogu reunite in The Book of Boba Fett

This part of the story is easily missed if you didn't realise The Book of Boba Fett was essential viewing. In the show, Din Djarin returns and goes to visit Grogu at Jedi school. Only, Luke and Ahsoka are reluctant to let Mando see the youngling, because of that pesky attachment rule. So, Mando leaves without seeing his former ward, but not before leaving behind a gift of Beskar chainmail.

Luke, sensing Grogu's heart might not be fully in his Padawan training, gives Grogu a choice between Yoda's lightsaber or the chainmail from Mando. Grogu makes his choice off-screen, but we learn the outcome when he returns to Tatooine in Luke's X-wing, rocking the Beskar vest. Peli Motto then takes Grogu back to Mando, and they reunite mid-battle as Din Djarin helps his old friend Boba Fett with his crime syndicate problems.

Mando will no longer remove his helmet

While Din Djarin had his helmet removed in season 1 by IG-11 in order to heal him, then took it off twice in season 2 for Grogu's sake, in season 3, he is dedicated to cleansing himself and keeping the helmet on. His Creed as a Child of the Watch means he is forbidden from letting others see his face. In season 3, he cleanses himself in the Living Waters of Mandalore, and so he earns forgiveness from removing his helmet.

"It's an interesting proposition," director Jon Favreau told us of whether Din Djarin's understanding of his Creed has changed. "Throughout the series, we had met different Mandalorians from different backgrounds, and each embraces a different part of the Mandalorian creed. Din Djarin comes from a tradition where the helmet stays on. Of course, Bo-Katan and others take the helmet off. And what's interesting now is we have a character that's going to be potentially both Jedi and Mandalorian in Grogu, and we'll see what his path is."

Imperial Remnants are a threat

While the Empire was destroyed in Return of the Jedi, Imperial Remnants – survivors of the old regime – still lurk in the galaxy. In The Mandalorian season 3, we see a gathering of them in the Shadow Council, plotting to restore the Empire (and hoping for Grand Admiral Thrawn's return). Moff Gideon is one such Remnant, though, at the end of season 3, he is killed in a fiery blaze.

In The Mandalorian and Grogu, the duo are tasked with tracking down an ex-Imperial warlord by the name of Commander Coin.

Mando adopts Grogu

At the end of The Mandalorian season 3, Din Djarin formally adopts Grogu, who becomes Din Grogu. That also means Grogu is now Mando's apprentice, and Mando is teaching him the Way of a Mandalorian.

"Grogu is now a Mandalorian apprentice," Favreau told us. "He's been tasked with that, for those people who had watched the show. If you hadn't watched the show, what you need to know is that he is now going to be a Mandalorian in training, and so his father and teacher is taking him along on the adventures. What we learn through this is that Grogu's quite capable, but also Din Djarin, the Mandalorian, is a very good protector, and so he's always going to look out. And I think it's the next stage of their relationship, both as a father and son, but also as a teacher and an apprentice."

The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives this May 22. In the meantime, check out our guide to watching all the Star Wars movies in order, or read our The Mandalorian and Grogu review.

The Mandalorian and Grogu Watch Party Island is here, as promised, and the Stars Wars collaboration with Fortnite has shifted into an entirely new gear. I'd previously argued that I didn't think anyone was prepared for the amount of Star Wars that was about to hit Fortnite – and that very much applies here as the new island is more than just a bunch of set dressing around the edges of a screening experience.

But that screening experience is absolutely the initial draw, and everyone knows it. The Fortnite island has a message from Jon Favreau on top of a 10-minute sneak peek of the upcoming Star Wars film several days before it's actually in theaters on May 22. If you're the kind of Star Wars fan that just has to see the movie as early as possible and you're not a reviewer or critic, this is your shot. Additionally, Favreau will also have a Q&A airing in the Fortnite island's amphitheater on May 26.

When I say it's "more than just a bunch of set dressing," I'm speaking from experience. Ahead of the new Star Wars Fortnite island's launch, I was able to play around in and explore the world of Nevarro created by Fairview Portals and Beyond Creative. Collecting bounties, fighting off enemies at a moment's notice, playing the role of pit fighter, and even hopping on a speeder briefly at one point. And, of course, helping Grogu.

After spending some time on Nevarro, I was able to speak with some of the developers at Fairview Portals to better understand the work that went into the experience – and working with Epic, UEFN, Favreau, and more.

The following interview has been lightly edited for clarity and brevity.

GamesRadar+: How do you balance bringing people who maybe are not familiar with the show or the upcoming movie, while also people who are very intimately familiar?

Jeff Brown (games director at Fairview Portals): Huge consideration from us and the whole team, including Jon. First of all, we identified that the Watch Party was a great opportunity for us, and having that around the time of the film launch, but also we wanted to make sure that that was expanded. Epic's done other watch party islands, but they're just not as expansive; there's not as much going on. So we saw the opportunity to kind of really dig in. And Jon proposed Nevarro for many reasons, of course, in terms of us being able to build something that's that's authentic, but also it was important to have one of everything, something for everyone. So we can go on quests, you can just get right into the action, you can go watch the previews for the film. It was always important for us to be able to include lots of variety to help folks that aren't as tuned into Fortnite.

GR+: As you're building this, is there anything like, 'Oh, we've got to have this. This is a part of this that has to be present'?

Matt Burdette (lead artist at Fairview Portals): I mean, we're building this under Jon's roof. So we have complete unfettered access to everything we could have needed to do this, like build a pinpoint-accurate Nevarro – we had blueprints, we had set photos, we had concept art. Pretty much anything at all we needed, we had available to us, which basically left no excuse to not build a one-to-one of some of these environments. And we also were pretty clear up front to say, 'If it exists in the show, if there's a canonical version of this that's in the show, we're gonna do it.' And we pretty much did, so.

GR+: …How big is it? I played what I thought was a good chunk of it, but I could tell there was definitely even more than that. Like, there's a lot there on the island.

JB: It's a good, complete representation of the city of Nevarro, with some changes for gameplay. But it's about everything that you would expect to be in the city. And then we knew that we had to have the shipyard, and, of course, the homestead, so it just kind of expanded from there. It's a celebration of the show, so it was important to include the things that everyone knew of it.

GR+: When you were initially visualizing what this would be, was it always sort of this, or was there an earlier version of this that you iterated from?

JB: It definitely evolved a little bit over time. Nevarro was always the thing that we wanted to do; it just had to be scaled appropriately. So I think when we first went in, there were a lot of ideas for stuff that we could do, and that ultimately had to be pared down to something that fit within the timeframe. And that was a process, working with Epic, working with Andre [Balta, senior director at Epic Games] just to find the essence of what we should do.

There was so much that we could have done, but I feel like we've kind of clawed back a lot of things that were in the original spec. So there's a lot of things that – and little details, little Easter eggs – are in there too, that we managed to put in.

GR+: What's the most difficult thing about building a Fortnite creation like this?

JB: That first part's really easy for us. Matt and I have been working together for a long time in full-fat Unreal Engine, and this is our first project in UEFN, which there's a learning curve, as anyone that's worked in this flavor of Unreal would tell you. I think that we've dealt with everything in a good way.

There's a limiting factor there, but it's also sort of a creative box that you learn to stay within, and you end up having to come up with a lot of creative solutions, which we have, and honestly, teaming up with, Beyond Creative, they've been great, and we've learned a lot about how to how to develop for the engine.

GR+: And how does adding Star Wars to the mix complicate all that, if at all?

MB: Well, I mean, you just have to make sure that you're, again, sticking to the authenticism of it. You can't phone it in like. You really have to stick to what makes Star Wars Star Wars. You have to pay attention to the details. You kind of just have to treat it as gospel. That requires a pretty enormous amount of vigilance, but it's like the proof is in the pudding as you do that, you really can feel it come out as you continue to build it.

JB: Yeah, there's spaces that don't exist in Nevarro either. So that was kind of a big challenge. But luckily, we had Doug Chiang [SVP and executive design director at Lucasfilm] as a resource, who was incredible, and he would come in and give us a lot of advice for the areas that Matt was building that are specific to the island that you wouldn't see in the show or the film.

MB: Doug Chiang had some fantastic feedback for us. Every time we met with him, the needle moved forward significantly. So it was great having him with us.

The Mandalorian and Grogu Watch Party Island is now available in Fortnite. If you're interested in more about the movie, you can check out all of our previous coverage of The Mandalorian and Grogu.

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I'm sorry to say that the epidemic 'Baby Yoda' fever is back now that the movie is Force-jumping onto theater screens, and there's a lot of Mandalorian and Grogu merch floating around as a result. However, not all of it is created equal.

To help you sort the beskar from rubbish, I'm doing my best bounty hunter impression and bringing in the best Mandalorian and Grogu merch. I've trawled through almost all the collectibles out there, so am bringing you recommendations based on a mix of personal experience, user reviews, best-sellers, and the coolest-looking gear. As an example, I'd always suggest looking at Black Series action figures; they're always phenomenally detailed and surprisingly affordable, which puts them high on our list of the best toys. Similarly, Loungefly bags are never less than... so they've earned a place here too.

You'll find goodies across a range of prices, too. No matter your budget, you should be able to find something to delight you on this list of the best Mandalorian and Grogu merch. This is the way.

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